Baling-press



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P. K. DTEDERI'GK.

' BALING'PRESS.

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P. K. DE'DERIGK.

BALING PRESS.

N0. 334,000. Patented Jan. 12,1886

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P. K. D'EDEBIGK.

BALING PRESS.

Patented Jan. 12,1886.

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NITED STATES BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.331,000, dated January 12, 1886.

Application filed July 12, 1884. Serial No. 137,578. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER K. DEDERIOK, of Loudonville, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

In a contemporaneous application filed by me (No.180,448) I have claimed, broadly, the

combination, with the reciprocating traverser of a baling-prcss, of a pitman connected thereto, a guide for controlling the outer end of the pitman, a vibratory horse lever or sweep, and intermediate connections between the horselever and pitman for causing the latter to approach and recede from a central line or deadpoint twice or oftener at each movement of the horse-lever in either direction, and have shown a variety of embodiments of such generic invention, though I have not specifically claimed the details of construction involved in any of said embodiments.

This application is intended to cover one of the several forms of the said generic invention, and also other improvements relating to the construction of the condenser and to the partition or followers employed, all as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a baling-press of the class known as perpetual or continuous presses, showing the application of my several improvements thereto. Figs. 2 to 7 rep- -resent in different positions the particular form of power contrivance embodied in this case. Fig. 8 represents a modified form of such power contrivance; Fig. 9, a view of a modified form of the condensing arrangement; Fig. 10, a perspective view of one of the partitions or followers employed to separate the bales.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 to 7 B represents thetraverser; O, the pitman connected thereto; D, the swinging crank-arms, to which the pitman is connected, and F the horse lever or sweep. There is connected to the swinging crank-arm or its shaft a disk or head, E, having oppositely-arranged projections G G while upon the horse-lever there is mounted a double pawl or dog, II. V

In Fig. 2 the parts are shown in position with the horselever at one extreme of its movement. lVhen started in the direction indicated by the arrow with its pawl behind the projection G, the horse-lever operates to bring the pitman to the central line, as shown in Fig. 3, then carry it over the center, when the expansion of the pressed material throws it and its connected parts around into the position shown in Fig. 4, thereby completing the first stroke, and bringing the other projection, G", in front of the pawl, so that by the continued movement of the horse-lever the pitman will be again carried up to the central line, as shown in Fig. 5, and over the same far enough to enable the traverser to be reversed by the expansion of the pressed material. As the pitman is thus forced past the central line, the pawl is tripped or reversed automatically or by hand, so as to bring its opposite end or point in position for engagement with the projection G, as shown in Fig. 6.

Any well-known form of automatic reversible pawl may be e1nployedfor example, such as shown in Fig. 7, in which the pawl is provided with an angular projection or shoulder, 75, against which the angular point of a spring-bolt, 70, works. The pawl is also provided with an arm or arms, 70, which, at the termination of the movement of the horselever in either direction, make contact with one or the other ofprojections Ir on the frame, whereby the pawl is reversed. This arrangement of devices is also susceptible of being operated so as to cause the pitman to move up to the central line and back again, and then pass the central line at the second stroke by tripping the pawl just before the pitman reaches the central line the first time in each movement of the horse-lever.

If desirable, the disk or head E may be provided with a series of projections or teeth, as shown in Fig. 8, insteadof only two, as shown in the other figures.

With a power contrivance such as described, wherein two reciprocations of the traverser IOO are made at each movement of the horselever, it is desirable that a condensing mechanism for preliminarily compacting the charges of material before being thrust into the press-box should be provided competent to automatically condense a charge and carry it to the feed-orifice ready for delivery into the pressbox in front of the traverser each time it is retracted. Such a mechanism is shown in Fig. 1, M being the hopper, O O movable condensing-heads secured to slides N, connected by the pitman P to a standard, B, on the horse-lever, and an intermediate partition, T, suitably guided within the hopper and capable of being moved back and forth over the feed-orifice S. When the condenser-head O at the power end of the press moves toward the discharge end of the press, it co-operates with the movable partition '1 to condense a charge of material thrown in front of it, and

carries the same over the feed-opening S in position to be thrust down into the press-box in front of the traverser. WVhen said coudenser-head retreats, the opposite condenserhead 0 co-operates with the said partitionT to in turn condense a' charge of material thrown in front of it, and in turn carries said second charge over the feed-orifice, these operations being effected at each complete move ment of the horse-lever, whereby at each reciprocation of the traverser acharge is condensed and brought into position to be thrust gown through the feed-orifice into the press- Instead of making the partition movable, as described, it may be fixed in position, in which case the feed orifice should be made larger, so that the condensed charges may be thrust into the pressbox from each side of the partition.

condensing-heads is shown.

Instead of a head or partition extending across the hoppeiyprojections from either side extending part way across may be used. Even simple shoulders or retainers would be efl'ective, as all that is required is that there be some obstruction in the hopper over the feed-orifice, so that as the hay is condensed from either side it will be retarded and prevented from passing beyond the feed-orifice.

In Fig. 9 another arrangement of double Here each head 0 is connected to and operated by a separate slide, and the heads are caused to approach and recede from each other by pitmen P P, and a crossbar, U, mounted upon a shaft, P. As they recede from each other they afford a large space for the reception of the loose material to be condensed, and as they approach they condense said loose material and carry it over the feed-orifice. An intermediate partition may also be used in connection with these condensing-heads, if desired.

In operating presses of this character, owing to inequality in the charges forced from the press-box into the bale-chamber, the partition or followers sometimes become canted out of the vertical line, thus producing uneven bales.

To prevent this result, I have, as shown in Figs. 1 and 10, passed a shaft, W, through the partition, and provided it with spur-gears Y, and have arranged upon the press-frame, as shown in Fig. 1, suitable rack-bars, with which the said gears are adapted to cooperate. This provision insures a uniform movement of the partition at both top and bottom, as will be readily understood.

The position of the racks and gears may of course be changed, the only requisite being that they shall be so located as to retain the partition in a perpendicular position during its passage through the press.

I claim as my invention 1. In a power device for baling presses, the combination of a pitman connected at its inner end to a traverser and having a guide for its outer end, with a vibrating horse-lever and connection, substantially as described, between the horse-lever and pitman for causing the outer end of the pitman to pass twice across the central line at each complete movement of the horse-lever in either direction, substantially as described.

2. In a power device for bailing-presses, the combination of a pitman connected at its inner end to a traverser and at its outer end to a pivoted arm or arms, with a rotary head ap plied to said arm and provided with stops, as described, and a vibratory horse-lever carrying a reversible pawl for engaging said stops, substantially as described.

3. In a power device for baling-presses, the combination, with a pitman connected at its inner end to a traverser and at its outer end to a pivoted arm or arms, and a rotary head applied to said arm, and provided with stops, as described, of a vibratory horse-lever carrying a pawl for engaging'said stops, and automatic devices for reversing said pawl, substantially as described.

4. In a continuous baling-press, the combination, with the hopper, of double condensingheads operating therein, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a continuous baling-press, and in combination with the hopper thereof, double condensing-heads and an intermediate head or partition above the feed orifice, substantially as described.

6. In a continuous baling-press, and in combination with the hopper thereof, double condensing-heads and a movable partition located above the feed-orifice and between the condensing-heads, substantially as described.

7. In a continuous press in which there are imparted to the traverser two reciprocations at each complete movement of the horse-lever from side to side, a hopper communicating with the feed-opening and having double condensing-heads, substantially as described.

8. In a continuous press in which there are imparted to the traverser two reciprocations at each complete movement of the horse-lever from side to side, a hopper communicating with the feed opening, double condensingthe pressframe, whereby the follower is maintained in proper position during its passage heads arranged to reciprocate within said hopper, and a partition located between said con- (lensing-heads, substantially as described. through the press, substantially as described. :0

9. In a continuous baling-press, the combii 5 nation of a partition or follower provided Witnesses:

with a transverse shaft having gears attached A. M. DEDERIOK, to opposite ends cooperating with racks on 1 R. J. VAN SOHOONHOVEN.

PETER K. DEDERIGK. 

